Leanna Guyer

I was born and raised in small towns in Northeast Iowa. I studied psychology at Upper Iowa University. Growing up, I watched my parents work long hours and struggle just to keep a roof over our heads. My siblings and I would see our parents only a few minutes before we went to bed during the week, and on weekends they were much too tired to do anything with us. After losing my mother to cancer in 2015, I decided I wasn’t going to spend my entire life at a job that wouldn’t be there for me in the end days. Writing has always been a passion of mine, and my mother’s untimely death was the deciding factor to spend less time working at an office and more time doing what I love. I have been a full-time freelance writer for about four years, and I love the freedom it gives me to spend time with my three children, who keep me very busy.